Parliamentary Scrutiny of Multi-Level Governance

2006

Principal Investigators: Robert Hazell and Akash Paun

The Constitution Unit carried out research into parliament-executive
relations in the context of multi-level governance. The project, led by
Robert Hazell and Akash Paun, is investigated the relationship between
Britain’s three legislatures – Westminster, the Scottish Parliament and
the National Assembly for Wales – and their respective executives. In
particular, we are looking into how the legislatures hold to account
ministers involved in intergovernmental negotiations at both the
European level and the intra-UK level (between Whitehall and devolved
administrations).

The researchers’ draft paper
on this subject was presented at two conferences in summer 2006: the
PSA Parliaments and Legislatures Specialist Group conference on 16 June
in Sheffield and the International Association of Centres for Federal
Studies conference on 30 June at the University of Tuebingen.